Posted on 04/08/2015 5:22:06 PM PDT by Impala64ssa
Turkey’s Directorate of Religious Affairs, known as the Diyanet, issued a fatwa that allows Muslims to use toilet paper. However, the department reminded people “that water should be the primary source of cleansing.”
“If water cannot be found for cleansing, other cleaning materials can be used,” the Diyanet claimed in a statement. “Even though some sources deem paper to be unsuitable as a cleaning material, as it is an apparatus for writing, there is no problem in using toilet paper.”
Islam requires believers to adhere to strict rules regarding bathroom use. When a Muslim enters the bathroom, “one should say the A’udhu (isti’adha) and Basmala and then recite the prayer ‘Allahumma innee a’oodhu bika minal khubthi wal khabaa-ith,’” which means “O Allah! I seek refuge in you from male and female noxious beings (devils or evil Jinn).” The person must enter the bathroom “with one’s left foot and exit with one’s right foot.” No one should “face or have one’s back toward the qibla (direction of prayer – the Ka’ba in Mecca) when urinating or defecating.” One website claimed people must clean their private parts with their fingers and dry with a cloth. Toilet paper is allowed if a proper cloth is not available.
In Turkey, the toilets contain a nozzle in the back of the toilet called taharet muslugu. It turns on and allows Muslims to clean themselves with flowing water. There are quite a few websites dedicated to informing travelers regarding restrooms in the Muslim nation.
The Diyanet also told followers they are allowed to use products containing alcohol for hygiene “as long as the alcohol was not consumed.”
The Diyanet also told followers they are allowed to use products containing alcohol for hygiene “as long as the alcohol was not consumed.”
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Never shake a Muslim’s left hand.
In Arabic bathrooms, the "ass cleaner" is a sprayer on a hose located on the right side of the commode, not at all different from a typical kitchen sink spray handle. Using it hygienically takes some practice. The commodes and floors in public bathrooms are always dripping wet with water (and whatever else) from the spraying and someone (typically a Pakistani indentured servant) is constantly cleaning them.
Am I the only one who thinks water shooting at my rear from a nozzle in a toilet that someone else has used is totally disgusting?
It’s a cultural thing. The water method is probably better for your health.
This explains another facet of the obvious admiration progressives have for Islam ... think of it, a system of control that even dictates even how you wipe your a$$, and allows those in power to issue “indulgences” for toilet paper under specific circumstances ... it is a dream come true for progressives: absolute totalitarian control over every facet of behavior.
It’s not the water I have a problem with, it’s the “from a toilet that someone else has used” part that bothers me.
Why? The water is presumably clean. Sounds kind of like a low-rent bidet. All things considered, it’s probably more sanitary than TP.
People often decide something is “more sanitary” without thinking it through. For many years we’ve had those electric hand dryers claiming they were installed to be more sanitary.
Right. They were installed because they’re cheaper to operate for the guy paying for the john.
Recently ran across an interesting variant from Dyson. Uses high-speed “air blades.” Very effective.
Problem is that by definition it takes the residual bacteria on your hands that previously created a sanitary hazard by being in the trash can on paper towels, and it aerosolizes those bacteria so you can inhale them.
A sanitation win-win!
The water comes from a faucet, not the toilet bowl.
I tried that too, but my wife started complaining about all the soiled bed sheets in the laundry basket.
I think these are the MEN’s toilets. I have no idea what the women do- especially during that time of the month. Gross.
I think I speak for all us infidels when I say,
“Thats just nasty”!
You could also jam the faucet up your anus and give yourself a quick enema, which is also healthy.
Just don’t be the second person to do this.
What I’m thinking is that one would have to be buck naked from the waist down to use this method of waste removal.
You couldn’t just lower your pants.
Do they wear shoes when using the toilet ?
1. How many 60 watt incandescent light bulbs do you have stockpiled?
2.How many gallons of water do you flush your $h!t down your toilet with?
I understand it’s potable water coming from the nozzle. But the nozzle is tucked down in the toilet bowl. No thank you.
Women’s toilet facilities, especially in Europe, have a bidet.
All the Muslims women have to do is shift backward over the faucet and ‘voila’ !
Because aiming a stream of water at your anus and having it wash feces down your legs (all over your underwear and pants, in and on your shoes) is sanitary. ?
P.S. After women use a bidet, they have to dry themselves off with something.
Do they use a towel or toilet paper ?
I’m not familiar with the specifics of this equipment. I do know that our present systems aren’t nearly as sanitary as people like to think.
Cleaning the anal region with soap and water, then rinsing is IMO by definition more sanitary than wiping the fecal material off with paper.
No. The nozzle is connected to a hose which is connected to the water supply.
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